On the recordOctober 3, 2023
Madam Speaker, I rise today to do a little truth telling. I rise today as a proud member of the silent majority of United States citizens and the super majority of the Republican Party of this august House. I will be plain. The motion to vacate the speakership is a fool's errand, and I can think of no greater leader in that effort than my colleague from the State of Florida. The American people are concerned about crime. One of our colleagues was carjacked at gunpoint a mile and a half from where I am speaking today. The border is open. There have been over 6 million illegal crossings since Joe Biden has taken leadership, 232,972 illegal immigrants were encountered on the southern border last night alone. That is a 27 percent increase from July. The Customs and Border Patrol has seized over 25,000 pounds of fentanyl this year. That is enough to kill every American citizen over and over and over again. Madam Speaker, 151 people on the terrorist watch list have been apprehended on the southern border on Joe Biden's watch. We don't know how many people who are plotting to destroy our Nation got across our border. Yet, today, we will spend the people's time so that someone can audition for a television show or possibly the Governorship of a State. This is unacceptable, and the time for these antics are over. ____________________





